gasp@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Isaac Kohane) (06/13/89)
Hi, the last version of McSink that I used was a zippy little DA. When my hard disk drive had a generalized seizure and lost its soul I had to download a new version: 6.5. On my MacPlus the DA runs with responsiveness that reminds me of bygone days text editting over 300 baud lines. Is this what I can expect with the commercial version (Vantage) of this DA? Thanks
macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) (06/14/89)
In article <32896@bu-cs.BU.EDU> gasp@bucsd.bu.edu (Isaac Kohane) writes: >... When my hard disk drive had a generalized seizure and lost its soul I >had to download a new version: 6.5. On my MacPlus the DA runs with >responsiveness that reminds me of bygone days text editting over 300 >baud lines. Is this what I can expect with the commercial version (Vantage) >of this DA? Having upgraded to Vantage before v. 6.5 of McSink was released, I found it hard to believe this complaint about McSink when I first heard it from someone else. Then I tried McSink 6.5.... sloooow is right! Rest assured that Vantage (now in version 1.1) is _not_ slow like McSink 6.5. On my Mac Plus (with a host of INITs) I find Vantage to be quite up to speed. The way I use my Mac, Vantage is a DA that is invaluable... I'd feel like I was back in the dark ages if I had to give it up. You really ought to upgrade to it. (Vantage is a multi-window text editor DA that does not have the good old 32K file size limit. It is by Dave McWherter and is available from Preferred Publishers, Inc. 1-800-446-6393.) (I am merely a satisfied customer.) Jim -- macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) or lakesys!macak@csd1.milw.wisc.edu
jspear@gryphon.COM (Jon Spear) (06/14/89)
In article <32896@bu-cs.BU.EDU> gasp@bucsd.bu.edu (Isaac Kohane) writes: > >Hi, > > the last version of McSink that I used was a zippy little DA. >When my hard disk drive had a generalized seizure and lost its soul I >had to download a new version: 6.5. On my MacPlus the DA runs with >responsiveness that reminds me of bygone days text editting over 300 >baud lines. Is this what I can expect with the commercial version (Vantage) >of this DA? I'm running Vantage version 1.1 on my MacPlus-like machine and I'm happy with its speed compared to earlier McSinks. It also corrects some annoying bugs, like McSink's menu wouldn't disappear when I click on the Versaterm window, leaving McSink command-keys active - Vantage fully deactivates itself if not in the front window. Vantage adds still more features to McSink (spell checker is handy, I haven't really used the macros or the user functions yet). I highly recommend Vantage as one of those essential utilities (along with Suitcase II, QuickKeys, DiskTop and a few others) that no Mac should leave home without. For a new wrinkle on pop-up editors, see Andrew Welch's Flashwrite. It is an init/cdev that brings up a (very) simple text editor when you hit some user-definable key combination, even from within a modal dialog box where DAs are not available. Very limited editing commands (not even a search/replace). Max file size is 32K. But fast and convenient. It's ftp-able from sumex. -Jon -- ----- Jon L Spear: jspear@gryphon.COM <routing site>!gryphon!jspear gryphon!jspear@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov "With computers we can make billions of mistakes every second!"